An overlooked Facebook post by Dallas City Councilman Phillip T. Kingston raises a whole new set of questions about the lengths that the Dallas Police Department went to try to absolve their officer of culpability for the crime.

Now we know why…if Kingston’s sources, some of which he says are in the Dallas Police Department, are accurate.

Since then, the Dallas Police Department has gone out of their way to discredit and smear the murdered Botham Jean, who was beloved for his positivity and his wonderful church singing voice.

Police were quick to announce that marijuana had been found in his home, which is entirely irrelevant, and argued that he had failed to obey the “shouted commands” of the officer as if one is somehow obligated to obey the commands of an intruder into their own home.

To make matters worse, two different versions of Amber Guyger’s story appear in two different warrants; one in her arrest warrant and one in the search warrant for Botham’s apartment.

“In the arrest warrant, Jean is said to have been across the room. In the search warrant, he answered the door” reports the Root. “It is also worth noting that the arrest warrant does not include the statements of any of the neighbors, some of whom said they heard a confrontation at the door before Jean was shot.”

BREAKING: Two different witnesses have said that they are 100% sure that they heard Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger repeatedly knock/bang on the door of #BothamJean – demanding that he open the door.

A full contradiction of her statement that his door was unlocked & open

When coupled with the assertions by the Jean family lawyer, S. Lee Merrit, that several noise complaints were filed against Botham Jean’s apartment by the downstairs neighbor, Guyger, we can see that this looks much less like an “accident” and more like a disgruntled police officer abusing her power and murdering a black man because he inconvenienced her — and an entire police department appears to be complicit in the cover-up.

Colin Taylor is the managing editor of the Washington Press. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice, equality, and universal health care in America.